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Nuclear regulator warns about cybersecurity lapses at California power plant
Nuclear regulator warns about cybersecurity lapses at California power plant
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is warning Southern California Edison that it might take enforcement action against the utility because of cybersecurity lapses found in a May security audit of its San Onofre nuclear power plant.
June 15, 2012
Gamasutra expert blogs: From extreme storytelling to the perfect online store
Gamasutra expert blogs: From extreme storytelling to the perfect online store
In highlights from Gamasutra's Expert Blogs, industry notables write about diverse topics, including the use of narrative mechanics, the perfect online store, game music's evolution, and more.
June 14, 2012
Google+ loses key partners as PopCap, Wooga pull games
Google+ loses key partners as PopCap, Wooga pull games
PopCap and Wooga, two of the biggest social game developers on Google+, are pulling their respective titles from Google's social network less than a year after the service launched its games platform.
June 14, 2012
Subpoenas sent out to loan providers in 38 Studios downfall aftermath
Subpoenas sent out to loan providers in 38 Studios downfall aftermath
The situation surrounding the financial downfall of 38 Studios continued to worsen this week, as state and federal law enforcement agencies sent subpoenas to the various parties involved.
June 14, 2012
Microsoft skipping Gamescom, Tokyo Game Show this year
Microsoft skipping Gamescom, Tokyo Game Show this year
Microsoft said today that it will not be attending either European video game expo Gamescom this August or the Tokyo Games Show in September as an exhibitor.
June 14, 2012
Habbo chat disabled as another investor pulls out
Habbo chat disabled as another investor pulls out
Habbo owner Sulake has been forced to disable all chat across its entire website as another major private equity group ditched its shares following a damning investigation into children's online safety.
June 14, 2012
Aging consoles, infrequent releases hurt U.S. retail game sales in May
Aging consoles, infrequent releases hurt U.S. retail game sales in May
Video game sales at U.S. retail continued to see declines in May, thanks in part to stagnating hardware sales and a continually barren lineup of new retail games.
June 14, 2012
White House sees video games' social, economic potential
White House sees video games' social, economic potential
"I can tell you the rhetoric around games has changed. Something has shifted," says Constance Steinkuehler Squire, a senior advisor at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
June 14, 2012
Journey developer no longer tied to Sony, thanks to new funding
Journey developer no longer tied to Sony, thanks to new funding
Thatgamecompany, developer of acclaimed PlayStation Network titles like Journey, has raised $5.5 million, which it claims will allow the studio to make and release games independently.
June 14, 2012
Wii vs 360 and PS3 won't happen again, says Iwata
Wii vs 360 and PS3 won't happen again, says Iwata
Nintendo's CEO Satoru Iwata doesn't feel threatened by Sony and Microsoft's future consoles possibly outclassing Wii U in terms of power -- and he doesn't believe devs will skip the system with their multiplatform games again.
June 14, 2012
Devoted players can account for almost all of a F2P game's revenues -- Kongregate
Devoted players can account for almost all of a F2P game's revenues -- Kongregate
Committed free-to-play gamers, or those who play a virtual goods-based title more than 50 times, often account for more than 90 percent of a game's total revenue, according to study from web game portal Kongregate.
June 14, 2012
Soon, all games will be free-to-play, says Machine Zone's CEO
Soon, all games will be free-to-play, says Machine Zone's CEO
Some argue that free-to-play games exploit their customers, but Machine Zone CEO Gabriel Leydon says it's the console industry that's exploitive, and that it will soon be taken over completely by free-to-play games.
June 14, 2012